Bryan Marshall
British actor (1938–2019)
Bryan Marshall
Born (1938-05-19 ) 19 May 1938Died 25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 81) Nationality British Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Occupation(s) Film and television actor
Bryan Marshall (19 May 1938 – 25 June 2019) was a British actor, with a number of major credits in film and television to his name, in both in Britain and Australia.[ 1]
Early life
Marshall was born in Battersea , south London .[ 2] He was educated at the Salesian College , Battersea , and trained as an actor at RADA , graduating in 1963,[ 3] before appearing at the Bristol Old Vic and in repertory theatre and in the 1986 first national tour of The Sound of Music as Captain von Trapp .
Film
Marshall's best-remembered film role is that of Councillor Harris in The Long Good Friday (1980). His other film credits include Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966), Alfie (1966), The Witches (1966), The Viking Queen (1967), Quatermass and the Pit (1967),[ 4] Mosquito Squadron (1969), I Start Counting (1970), Man in the Wilderness (1971), Because of the Cats (1973), The Tamarind Seed (1974) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). [ 5] His later film career included roles in Australian productions such as BMX Bandits (1983), Bliss (1985), The Man from Snowy River II (1988), The Punisher (1989) with Dolph Lundgren , Country Life (1994) and Selkie (2000).
Television
Marshall had several leading roles on television, notably Dobbin in the 1967 production of Vanity Fair , Gilbert Markham in the 1968 serial of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Wentworth in the 1971 adaptation of Persuasion . Other television credits include: Spindoe , Warship , United! , The Forsyte Saga , Dixon of Dock Green , Z-Cars , The Saint , The Avengers ,[ 6] Rooms (1975), The Onedin Line , Out , The Professionals , Return of the Saint , Buccaneer , The Chinese Detective , Robin of Sherwood , Heartbeat , The Bill and Dalziel and Pascoe .
He also worked extensively in Australia ,[ 7] with credits including Prisoner ,[ nb 1] Special Squad , Golden Pennies , Neighbours , Embassy , Home and Away , Stingers , Water Rats and All Saints .
In 1989, Marshall was the original host of Australia's Most Wanted ,[ 8] an Australian version of the show America's Most Wanted which was focused on helping the police with unsolved crimes.
Death
Marshall died on 25 June 2019, at the age of 81.[ 9] [ 10]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1963–1968
The Saint
Moreno / Constable Burns
TV series, 2 episodes
1964
Teletale
Guido
TV series, 1 episode
1964
No Hiding Place
Stewart
TV series, 1 episode
1964
Gideon's Way
Braithwaite
TV series, 1 episode
1964
R3
Chris Marks
TV series, 1 episode
1964
Redcap
Private Jedd
TV series, 1 episode
1964–1965
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Ian Hamilton / Jock Barton
TV series, 2 episodes
1964–1968
Z-Cars
Alf Spicer / Bank Clerk
TV series, 2 episodes
1965–1966
United!
Jack Birkett
TV series, 51 episodes
1967
This Man Craig
Roddy Mackay
TV series, 1 episode
1967
The Forsyte Saga
Harold Blade
TV series, 3 episodes
1967
Sanctuary
Sandy
TV series, 1 episode
1967
Sat'day While Sunday
Jack Marshall
TV series, 2 episodes
1967
The Informer
Briggs
TV series, 1 episode
1967
Vanity Fair
Captain Dobbin
TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1968
Spindoe
Detective Sergeant Peach
TV series, 6 episodes
1968
Softly, Softly
Jeff Simpson
TV series, 1 episode
1968
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Gilbert Markham
TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1969
The Avengers
Audrey Phillipson
TV series, episode: "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?"
1969
Strange Report
Inspector Purcell
TV series, 1 episode
1969–1972
ITV Playhouse
Bill / Mark Segal
TV series, 2 episodes
1970
Villette
Dr John Graham Bretton
TV series, 5 episodes
1970
Special Branch
Sullivan
TV series, 1 episode
1970
A Family at War
Stashek
TV series, 1 episode
1971
Persuasion
Captain Frederick Wentworth
TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1971
The Onedin Line
Michael Adams
TV series, 1 episode
1972
New Scotland Yard
PC Derek Tyrell
TV series, 1 episode
1972
The Frighteners
Adrian Wills
TV series, 1 episode
1972
Villains
Arnold Hepton
TV series, 2 episodes
1972
Play for Today
Bill Huntley / Manuel Stocker
TV series, 2 episodes
1972
Dixon of Dock Green
Geoffrey Davies
TV series, 1 episode
1973
Country Matters
Tom Richards
TV series, 1 episode
1973
Menace
Mangham
TV series, 1 episode
1973
Thriller
Dr Brice Nelson
TV series, 1 episode
1973
My Good Woman
Colin Padget
TV series, 1 episode
1973
BBC Play of the Month
Mr Worthy
TV series, 1 episode
1974
Hunters Walk
Billy Silk
TV series, 1 episode
1974
Softly Softly: Task Force
Ronald
TV series, 1 episode
1974
Late Night Theatre
The Fisherman
TV series, 1 episode
1975
2nd House
John Henry 'Babbacombe' Lee
TV series, 1 episode
1975
The Fight Against Slavery
William Knibbe
TV miniseries, 1 episode
1975
Sam and the River
Alan Flint
TV series, 1 episode
1975
Churchill's People
James Ings
TV series, 1 episode
1976
Warship
Commander Alan Douglas Glenn, AFC
TV series, season 3, 1 episode
1974–1976
Rooms
Clive Lawson
TV series, 32 episodes
1977
Piccadilly Circus
Stocker
TV series, 1 episode
1977
The Sunday Drama
Dave Gale
TV series, 1 episode
1977
Crown Court
Harold Phillips / Reverend Howard Davies
TV series, 6 episodes
1978
Horizon
Smeaton
TV series, 1 episode
1978
Out
Hallam
TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1978
The Professionals
Preston
TV series, season 2, episode: “Hunter/Hunted ”
1978
Return of the Saint
O'Hara
TV series, 1 episode
1978
Premiere
Mal Leyton
TV series, 1 episode
1979
The Mourning Brooch
Ray Campion
TV series, 3 episodes
1979
The Boy Merlin
Iefan
TV series, 3 episodes
1979
Murder at the Wedding
William Appleyard
TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980
Airport Chaplain
Jim Halliday
TV series, 1 episode
1980
Armchair Thriller
Paul Marriott
TV series, 4 episodes
1979-1980
Buccaneer
Tony Blair
TV series, 15 episodes
1982
Dick Turpin
Barnaby Husk
TV series, 2 episodes
1982
The Chinese Detective
George Bourne
TV series, 1 episode
1983
Tales of the Unexpected
Frank Jesmond
TV series, 1 episode
1983
A Country Practice
Piet Kooning
TV series, 2 episodes
1984
Prisoner
Dr Jonathon Edmonds
TV series, 8 episodes
1985
Possession
Oliver Hearst
TV series, 6 episodes
1985
The Fast Lane
Kingdom
TV series, 1 episode
1985
Golden Pennies
Luke Greenwood
TV miniseries, 8 episodes
1985
Special Squad
Calvin
TV series, episode 18: "The Chen Legacy"
1986
Robin of Sherwood
Adam Bell
TV series, 1 episode
1987
Neighbours
Gerard Singer
TV series, 3 episodes
1987
Willing and Abel
TV series, 1 episode
1987
Pulaski
Billy Gems
TV series, 1 episode
1988
The Dirtwater Dynasty
Colonel
TV miniseries, 1 episode
1988
True Believers
Richard Casey
TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1988
Act of Betrayal
Kennedy
TV miniseries, 1 episode
1988
The Flying Doctors
Hawkins
TV series, 1 episode
1989
Mission: Impossible
Gregor Antonio
TV series, 1 episode
1989
Australia's Most Wanted
Presenter
TV series, 35 episodes
1989–1992
Tanamera – Lion of Singapore
Chalfont
TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1990
Come in Spinner
Byron
TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1990
Rafferty's Rules
Brian Doyle
TV series, 1 episode
1990–1991
Embassy
Ambassador Duncan Stewart
TV series, 25 episodes
1993
Time Trax
Randall Quinn
TV series, 1 episode
1995
Blue Murder
Task Force Officer
TV miniseries, 1 episode
1996
Water Rats
Inspector Michael Farrell
TV series, 4 episodes
1097
Big Sky
Harry
TV series, 1 episode
1997
The New Adventures of Robin Hood
Bryce the Warden
TV series, 1 episode
1997
Thief Takers
DSI Don Roberts
TV series, 2 episodes
1997
Halifax f.p.
John Halifax, Jane's Father
TV series, 1 episode
1998
Heartbeat
Josh Roberts
TV series, 1 episode
1998; 2003
Home and Away
Trevor Bardwell / John Simpson
TV series, 3 episodes
1999
The Knock
Frankie Johnson
TV series, season 4, 3 episodes
1999
The Bill
Max Weir
TV series, 1 episode
2002
Dalziel and Pascoe
Terry Brakespeare
TV series, episode: "Sins of the Fathers "
2002–2004
All Saints
Gerald Partridge / Miles Gordon
TV series
2004
Stingers
Kepter Vanderbijl
TV series
2012
A Moody Christmas
Cora's Uncle
TV miniseries, 1 episode
Theatre
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1963
The Golden Rivet
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964
The Rivals
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964
The Physicists
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1963–1964
Semi-Detached
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1964
The Golden Rivet
Malcolm
Phoenix Theatre, London with Linnit and Dunfee Ltd and Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
1974–1975
Paradise Lost
The Old Vic, London
1976
Liza of Lambeth
Jim Blakeston
Shaftesbury Theatre, London
1978–1979
Love for Love
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1980
Lancelot and Guinevere
Lancelot
The Old Vic, London
1980–1981
Aladdin
Bristol Hippodrome
1981
Betrayal
Jerry
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon , Theatre Royal, Brighton & other locations
1981
The Gentle Trap
Theatre Royal, Newcastle [ 11]
1982
Season’s Greetings
Neville
Greenwich Theatre, London and Apollo Theatre, London with Michael Codron
1983
Born Yesterday
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne , Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with J. C. Williamson
1986
The Sound of Music
Captain von Trapp
Theatre Royal, Plymouth , Theatre Royal, Nottingham , New Theatre, Oxford , Grand Opera House, Belfast & other locations
1991
Australia Felix
Michael Gavan
Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
1991
Run for Your Wife
Glen Street Theatre, Sydney with Theatre of Comedy
1992
It's Ralph
Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
2001
Men of Honour
Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
[ 12] [ 13]
Notes
^ Known in his native UK (and the United States) as Prisoner: Cell Block H ; not to be confused with the 1967 UK series, The Prisoner .
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